Buoys, beacons and channel markers serve as the traffic signals of the water. They can provide directions or alert boaters if they need to slow down, or if there are hazards in the area such as ...

Even if you are not a boater, the buoy may serve you. This visual marker with its gentle fog horn and blinking light welcomes vessels approaching Santa Cruz from offshore. ...

Navigation marker goes missing off Florida Keys. ... The buoy is ours,” NOAA wrote in an April 12 Facebook ... Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary “protects 3,800 square miles of waters ...

KURE BEACH, N.C. (WECT) - The Kure Beach Fire Department announced on Aug. 1 that it has installed rescue buoy marker signs at 12 of the beach’s highest volume areas. “Each sign contains a ...

Lost buoy from Dry Tortugas National Park in Southwest Florida was found 4,000 miles away on the coast of ... It’s the second time this year a marker has drifted away from South Florida to ...

At around 2pm on January 26, the Poole Coastguard team observed a buoy had changed locations due to the recent storm. The team said the Branksome Chine outflow pipe obstruction marker buoy could ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is looking at removing some of the buoys, replacing them with “virtual” navigational aids used with GPS, a system that has some boaters concerned about the proposed change.

Buoys, beacons and channel markers serve as the traffic signals of the water. They can provide directions or alert boaters if they need to slow down, or if there are hazards in the area such as ...